NASA to launch FORTIS to study extra-galactic dust
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 16:03
in Astronomy & Space
This month, the NASA-funded FORTIS sounding rocket—short for Far-ultraviolet Off Rowland-circle Telescope for Imaging and Spectroscopy—will launch from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to investigate the properties of galaxy NGC 1365, also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy.